LAS CRUCES - In four hours, wool went from the back of a Debouillet sheep and into a hand-made shawl before your eyes. The Sheep to Shawl demonstration was one of many that visitors to the New Mexico ...

1. Many of us associate wool with sheep, but other mammals — including alpacas, camels and goats — also produce fibers that can be twisted into yarn and then textiles. 2. It’s possible humans started ...

So many of the items around us every day are the end result of such complicated production chains that they might as well be produced by Tolkienesque wizards or Star Trek replicators. It's easy to ...